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Aldington, Richard. Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus, London, 1929.
Price: US$6.14 + shipping
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Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Richard Aldington. Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus, 1929.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: From a private collection. Board extremities a little bumped. Foxing to edge of page block and end-papers. Text unmarked. A solid and clean first edition.
Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Aldington, Richard.. Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus, 1929.
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1929 edition on black cloth
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
ALDINGTON,RICHARD. Death of a Hero. chatto & windus london 1929, 1929.
Price: US$37.64 + shipping
Description: first edition 440pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prwelims.and edges mod.soiled w.sl.foxing to contents,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Richard Aldington. Death Of A Hero. Chatto & Windus, London, 1929.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: no other edition stated so probably a 1st, slight foxing to page edges, just a little wear to corners & head & tail of spine, some scuffing to covers, overall G+ condition, no dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
ALDINGTON Richard.. Death of a Hero. A novel.. , 1929.
Price: US$50.39 + shipping
Description: London: Chatto & Windus 1929. 8vo. Or.cl. In chipped soiled and price-clipped d.w. XII440pp. Dust wrapper designed by Paul Nash. Some foxing and name on front fly-leaf. 1st ed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Aldington, Richard. Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus London 1929, 1929.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: 3rd imp. orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo xi + 440pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Nice copy of a Classic War Novel
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
ALDINGTON, Richard.. DEATH OF A HERO. (SIGNED). Chatto & Windus,, London,, 1929.
Price: US$61.84 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Second Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 440. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Attractive bookplate of the film director, Bryan Forbes on the front pastedown with the B.J.F monogram and a stylised tree with pine cones and a 'Napoleonic' bee beneath. The pine cones refer to his house 'Seven Pines' at Virginia Water. Good copy of this long out of print landmark novel. Inscribed by Aldington to Richard Weil 1944 with an added satirical poem on yellow paper pasted in, "Richard Neil from Richard Aldington - This book was written with serious intent, I still stick to every word. 1944." A rare association copy. Some nicking and chipping at head spine and faint wear, otherwise near very good.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Richard Aldington. Death Of A Hero. Chatto & Windus Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition.Black boards,gilt lettering to spine,top/tail of spine frayed,page edges browned,as are the endpapers,contents clean.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Aldington (Richard).. Death of a Hero; a novel. Chatto & Windus,, 1929.
Price: US$405.80 + shipping
Description: Very nice copy in slightly frayed and soiled dust-wrapper designed by Paul Nash which has piece missing at the head of the spine panel
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$424.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English Edition (appearing a few weeks after the American edition) of this canonical modernist novel. Thick crown 8vo (207 x 124mm): xii,440pp. With the author's note, commenting on the publishers' censorship and explaining the use of asterisks, and considering it "better for the book to appear mutilated than for me to say what I don't believe." Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gold, sepia dust wrapper illustrated by Paul Nash and priced 8s / 6d. A presentable example, better than very good, tightly bound and clean throughout; jacket spine panel toned, front panel still vibrant. Kershaw 53. Falls, pp. 261-62. Aldington's scathing take on early twentieth-century British society, openly discussing sex, death, mental health, class and a host of other 'indelicate' issues, which so mortified his publishers that they extensively censored the manuscript (an unexpurgated edition was published in Paris the following year). Orwell called Death of a Hero "much the best of the English war books." It gives a "thorough and solid account of not just the fear and despair, but also the dirt, illness and, above all, boredom and loneliness that soldiers experienced in the trenches, of which Aldington had first-hand experience. The novel has, in fact, an autobiographical basis; it is divided into three parts, with the first two devoted to the protagonist's coming of age, and only the last part set during World War I. This final part is significant for its disenchanted take on war, stressing not only the physical destruction of the body, but the obliteration of the sense of self and of one's place in the world." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Richard Aldington. Death Of A Hero A Novel. Chatto & Windus, London, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Art Deco Dust Jacket Art By Paul Nash. Unclipped, A Few Small Chips Top Edge/Spine Dust Jacket. In Mylar. 440 Pgs. A Fine Copy.
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Aldington, Richard. Death of a Hero. Chatto & Windus, 1929.
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Chatto & Windus (1929). A near fine first UK edition. The wrapper is very clean and bright without loss. The spine is a tad sunned. It is not price clipped. The book itself is very clean and without wear apart from the tinest of spotting to one side of the text block. Overall a near fine copy. With the Paul Nash designed Dustwrapper. Death of a Hero is the story of a young English artist named George Winterbourne who enlists in the army at the beginning of World War I. The book is narrated by an unnamed first-person narrator who claims to have known and served with the main character. It is thought it is partly autobiographical. An uncensored version was published in Paris a year later
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
ALDINGTON, Richard.. Death of a Hero - A Novel.. Chatto & Windus, London., 1929.
Price: US$740.75 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 437 pages.Some spotting to edges. Fine in fine, very slightly nicked dustwrapper designed by Paul Nash. A brilliant copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Richard Aldington. Death of a Hero [SIGNED]. Chatto and Windus, London, 1929.
Price: US$901.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands, black morocco title label and gilt ornaments. Dyed top page edge has faded slightly, very clean text throughout. Retained in the binding is the original leading blank, signed and dated by the author: 'Charles E. Bramwell (?) from Richard Aldington, Amalfi. Dec. 1929.' A rare signed copy of Aldington's first novel, an anti-war classic, housed in an excellent fine binding. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, [1], 440
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom